choke down
phrasal verb
choked down; choking down; chokes down
informal
: to eat (something) with difficulty or without enjoyment
The meal was overcooked, but I managed to choke down a few bites.
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Once the food has been choked down, the players must arrange 40 shields adorned with The Challenge logos from each season in the right order to secure their win.
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Emma Sharpe, Vulture, 29 Aug. 2024
Promises her who knows what, seeing that she’s got to drink herself to oblivion constantly and choke down pills for her unendurable pain.
—Yiyun Li, Harper's Magazine, 23 Sep. 2024
No one wants to risk having to choke down an unseasoned side dish, or wish that your aunt had made the green bean casserole like usual.
—Kaitlyn Yarborough, Southern Living, 7 Oct. 2024
And drinking food is a faster way to choke down something foul-tasting.
—Yasmin Tayag, The Atlantic, 6 Oct. 2024
For the next 16 minutes, the musicians then attempt to answer questions about their career while choking down wings coated in throat-numbing hot sauce.
—Kory Grow, Rolling Stone, 2 Oct. 2024
Joey Chestnut finished off Takeru Kobayashi in the streamer’s live-airing Chestnut vs. Kobayashi: Unfinished Beef, choking down a record-smashing 83 hot dogs and buns to Kobayashi’s 66 during the 10-minute chowdown.
—Erik Pedersen, Deadline, 2 Sep. 2024
Thankfully, Nathan’s plum tart was perfect, and everyone had seconds of that one after politely choking down slivers of the chocolate and crumb cakes.
—Ben Mims, Los Angeles Times, 13 Sep. 2023
But not everyone wants to choke down spoonfuls of fish oil every day.
—Amber Smith, Discover Magazine, 23 July 2023
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Emma Sharpe, Vulture, 29 Aug. 2024
Promises her who knows what, seeing that she’s got to drink herself to oblivion constantly and choke down pills for her unendurable pain.
—Yiyun Li, Harper's Magazine, 23 Sep. 2024
No one wants to risk having to choke down an unseasoned side dish, or wish that your aunt had made the green bean casserole like usual.
—Kaitlyn Yarborough, Southern Living, 7 Oct. 2024
And drinking food is a faster way to choke down something foul-tasting.
—Yasmin Tayag, The Atlantic, 6 Oct. 2024
For the next 16 minutes, the musicians then attempt to answer questions about their career while choking down wings coated in throat-numbing hot sauce.
—Kory Grow, Rolling Stone, 2 Oct. 2024
Joey Chestnut finished off Takeru Kobayashi in the streamer’s live-airing Chestnut vs. Kobayashi: Unfinished Beef, choking down a record-smashing 83 hot dogs and buns to Kobayashi’s 66 during the 10-minute chowdown.
—Erik Pedersen, Deadline, 2 Sep. 2024
Thankfully, Nathan’s plum tart was perfect, and everyone had seconds of that one after politely choking down slivers of the chocolate and crumb cakes.
—Ben Mims, Los Angeles Times, 13 Sep. 2023
But not everyone wants to choke down spoonfuls of fish oil every day.
—Amber Smith, Discover Magazine, 23 July 2023
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“Choke down.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/choke%20down. Accessed 27 Dec. 2024.
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